Method for assessing comprehensive risk of drought and flood disaster on apples

ABSTRACT

The present provides methods for assessing comprehensive risk of drought and flood disasters on apple. The method adopts an optimal curve relationship between an apple yield reduction rate and drought and flood indexes and considers two disasters of drought and flood at the same time to determine the weather index threshold value under the threshold values of different yield reduction rates, meanwhile, builds comprehensive risk index models of drought and flood disasters from risk of disaster-causing factor, sensitivity of disaster-pregnant environment, vulnerability of disaster-bearing body, etc. using terrain, rivers, vegetation, apple planting area, and water profit and loss ratio, etc., and determine a premium rate according to a level of disaster risk to obtain insurance rates and premiums in different regions according to local conditions, thereby formulating a design scheme of insurance products suitable for local conditions, which has great advantages compared with a traditional single-disaster weather index insurance.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority of Chinese Patent Application No.202110996391.7, filed on Aug. 27, 2021, the entire contents of which arehereby incorporated by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates the field of crop weather disaster riskassessment, and in particular to methods for assessing comprehensiverisk of drought and flood disasters on apples.

BACKGROUND

An apple tree, one of plants of an apple genus, is one of the fruittrees with the largest planting area and the largest yield in the world.The apple tree has a long economical service life and a strongadaptability to the soil, which may be cultivated in a general thinhilly land and a mildly saline-alkali land. The apple tree is ahigh-yield fruit tree. A water condition is an important factor limitingto increase of apple yield per unit and improvement of apple quality.Too much water or too little water may affect growth and development ofapples, and even lead to death of fruit trees and no harvest. The appletree may be susceptible to a drought disaster during the apple fruitexpansion period, resulting in small apples, poor quality, and evenfruit drop, leading to a reduced yield. At the same time, the applefruit expansion period is mainly in summer, which may be prone to arainstorm and a flood disaster, resulting in water accumulation inorchards and flooding of fruit tree roots, thus affecting the qualityand yield of apples.

The assessment of agrometeorological disaster risk has many uses such asguiding agricultural production management, designing agriculturalproduct insurance products, etc. An agricultural product insurance maytransfer and disperse risk of agrometeorological disasters, and reducelosses through insurance when agricultural production suffers from anatural disaster such as drought, rainstorm, flood, wind disaster, haildisaster, etc. A weather index insurance is an agricultural insuranceproduct that uses a specific weather indicator as a trigger mechanism,such as a weather event (e.g., typhoon, hail, freezing, heat wave,blizzard, El Niño, etc.), temperature, precipitation, wind speed, light,etc. As a basis for payment. If the weather indicator reaches a triggerthreshold, an insurer may make payment to a policyholder, which hasnothing to do with an actual damage of crops.

At present, there have been many studies on agricultural weather indexinsurance for different crops in different regions. Weiping Lou (2009,2011) designed a weather index insurance product for tea frost andcitrus frost damage. Taiming Yang et al. (2013, 2015, 2016) respectivelydesigned corresponding meteorological index insurance products fordrought, cold spring, hot and dry wind and continuous rain in a growthprocess of winter wheat in Anhui Province, a high temperature and heatdamage during a growth of rice in Anhui Province, a drought disasterduring a growth period of summer maize in Anhui Province, etc. Yan Song(2017) designed a weather index insurance for corn in Liaoning Province.Shang Yang (2019) designed a peanut weather index insurance product fordrought and flood disasters during peanut planting in JiaodongPeninsula, Shandong Province. Yueqin Wang et al. (2019) designed acomprehensive weather index insurance product for millet in QinxianCounty, Shaanxi Province by constructing a drought index and a rainstormindex and introducing a data optimization matching method. Xiaojuan Yanget al. (2020) analyzed drought disasters of local corn planting usingcorn yield and meteorological data in Changwu, Shanxi Province, anddesigned a corn precipitation index insurance using a Logistic model todetermine a pure premium rate. Qisong Yuan et al. (2020) formulated adrought index and a drought grade using meteorological data, anddetermined a pure drought premium rate of chili peppers in Guizhou.These techniques have achieved important results. However, a research ona weather index insurance product for flood and drought disasters onapples is rarely reported. Therefore, it is desirable to provide amethod for assessing comprehensive risk of drought and flood disasterson apples, which may be configured to design a weather index insuranceproduct for drought and flood disasters on apples.

SUMMARY

One or more embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods forassessing comprehensive risk of drought and flood disasters on apples.The method may consider two disasters of drought and flood disasters todetermine a weather index threshold, and determine an insurance rate ofweather index insurance product for drought and flood disasters onapples according to a level of disaster risk, providing scientificguidance for apple drought and flood disaster risk prevention. Thepresent disclosure is achieved through the following technicalsolutions.

The method for assessing comprehensive risk of drought and flooddisasters on apples may include steps.

Step 1: carrying out trend yield simulation using historical apple yielddata to calculate an apple yield reduction rate.

Step 2: calculating a water profit and loss ratio during an apple fruitexpansion period using historical weather data.

Step 3: establishing an optimal relationship curve model between theapple yield reduction rate and the water profit and loss ratio.

Step 4: determining, according to the optimal relationship curve model,a weather index threshold, and calculating, based on the weather indexthreshold, the water profit and loss ratio under different apple yieldreduction rates to obtain different drought and flood index valuescorresponding to the different apple yield reduction rates.

Step 5: calculating, based on an information diffusion theory, riskestimated values corresponding to the different drought and flood indexvalues, which may refer to occurrence probabilities of the differentdrought and flood index values.

Step 6: calculating, according to the different apple yield reductionrates and the occurrence probabilities of the different drought andflood index values, pure premium rates and actual insurance rates underdifferent thresholds of yield reduction rate.

Step 7: building, based on risk of a disaster-causing factor,sensitivity of a disaster-pregnant environment, and vulnerability of adisaster-bearing body, a comprehensive risk index model of drought andflood disasters using data of terrain, rivers, vegetation, appleplanting area and the water profit and loss ratio, wherein thecomprehensive risk index model of drought and flood disasters includes acomprehensive risk index model of drought disaster and a comprehensiverisk index model of flood disaster.

Step 8: designing, according to the comprehensive risk index model ofdrought disaster and the comprehensive risk index model of flooddisaster, a correction coefficient to correct the pure premium rate.

Step 9: calculating, according to the corrected pure premium rate, anactual insurance rate and a premium, wherein the premium is equal to aproduct of an insured amount and the actual insurance rate.

Step 10: designing a compensation scheme and calculating a compensationpay-outs according to the compensation scheme.

In the above technical solution, in the step 1, actual apple yield maybe decomposed into apple trend yield and apple meteorological yield,Yd=Yt+Yw, and the apple meteorological yield may be the actual appleyield minus the apple trend yield, Yw=Yd−Yt, where Yd denotes the actualapple yield, Yt denotes the apple trend yield, Yw denotes the applemeteorological yield. When Yw>0, it means that the apple yield increasesdue to the weather. When Yw=0, it means that the apple yield is notaffected by the weather fluctuation. When Yw<0, it means that the appleyield is reduced due to the weather. An apple relative meteorologicalyield may be calculated using the actual apple yield and the apple trendyield, which may also refer to an apple yield reduction rate.Ym=Yw/Yt×100%=(Yd−Yt)/Yt×100%=(Yd/t−1)×100%, where Ym denotes the appleyield reduction rate, which may also refer to the apple relativemeteorological yield.

In the above technical solution, in the step 2, a calculation equationof the water profit and loss ratio may be WPLR=(P−ETc)/ETc, where WPLRdenotes the water profit and loss ratio, P denotes precipitation (mm),ETc denotes water demand (mm). ETc=Σ(Kc×ET₀). Kc denotes a cropcoefficient corrected and may be obtained using a minimum humiditymethod recommended by FAO56. ET₀ denotes a crop referenceevapotranspiration calculated according to a Penman-Monteith model.

In the above-mentioned technical solution, in the step 6, adetermination equation of the pure premium rate may beR=E(loss)=Σ(P×loss), where R denotes the pure premium rate, loss denotesan apple yield loss, which may also refer to the yield reduction rate,E(loss) denotes an expected value of the apple yield loss, and P denotesan occurrence probability of flood and drought disasters during theapple fruit expansion period, which may be calculated through the step5. A determination equation of the actual insurance rate may beRa=R×(1+Sf)×(1+Be)×(1+Sr), where Ra denotes the actual insurance rate,Sf denotes a safety factor, which may be taken as 15%, Be denotesbusiness expenses, which may be taken as 20%, and Sr denotes apredetermined surrate, which may be taken as 5%.

In the above-mentioned technical solution, in the step 7, thecomprehensive risk index model of the drought disaster may be built bysteps.

Step 7.11: determining the water profit and loss ratio as a droughtdisaster index, and classifying the drought disaster index of apples toobtain drought disaster index values of different grades.

Step 7.12: calculating, based on the theory of information diffusion,drought disaster occurrence probabilities corresponding to the droughtdisaster index values of different grades.

Step 7.13: building, according to the drought disaster occurrenceprobabilities corresponding to the drought disaster index values ofdifferent grades and classification of grades of the drought disasterindex, a risk index model of disaster-causing factor of drought disasteron apples to determine a risk index of disaster-causing factor ofdrought disaster on apples, wherein a size of the risk index ofdisaster-causing factor of drought disaster is expressed as a sum ofproducts of the drought disaster occurrence probabilities correspondingto the drought disaster index values of different grades and class midvalues of drought disasters of different grades.

Step 7.14: building a sensitivity index model of disaster-pregnantenvironment of drought disaster on apples using the data of the terrain,water system information, and the vegetation data of an apple plantingregion to obtain a sensitivity index of disaster-pregnant environment ofdrought disaster on apples.

Step 7.15: building a first vulnerability index model ofdisaster-bearing body using an apple planting area and an agriculturalacreage to carry out a disaster-bearing body vulnerability assessment ofdrought disaster on apples to obtain a vulnerability index of droughtdisaster on apples.

Step 7.16: building the comprehensive risk index model of droughtdisaster on apples using the risk index of disaster-causing factor ofdrought disaster on apples, the sensitivity index of disaster-pregnantenvironment of drought disaster on apples, and the vulnerability indexof drought disaster on apples.

The comprehensive risk index model of flood disaster may be built bysteps.

Step 7.21: determining the water profit and loss ratio as a flooddisaster index, and classifying the flood disaster index of apples toobtain flood disaster index values of different grades during the applefruit expansion period.

Step 7.22: calculating flood disaster occurrence frequenciescorresponding to the flood disaster index values of different grades.

Step 7.23: building, according to the flood disaster occurrencefrequencies corresponding to the flood disaster index values ofdifferent grades and classification of grades of the flood disasterindex, a risk index model of disaster-causing factor of flood disasterbased on the water profit and loss ratio to determine a risk index ofdisaster-causing factor of flood disaster based on the water profit andloss ratio, wherein a size of the risk index of disaster-causing factoris expressed as a sum of products of the flood disaster occurrencefrequencies corresponding to the flood disaster index values ofdifferent grades and class mid values of the flood disasters ofdifferent grades.

Step 7.24: building a sensitivity index model of disaster-pregnantenvironment of flood disaster during the apple fruit expansion periodusing the data of the terrain, the water system information, and thevegetation of the apple planting region to carry out a disaster-pregnantenvironment sensitivity assessment of a flood disaster on apples todetermine a sensitivity index of disaster-pregnant environment of flooddisaster on apples.

Step 7.25: building a second vulnerability index model ofdisaster-bearing body using the apple planting area and the agriculturalacreage to carry out a disaster-bearing body vulnerability assessment ofa flood disaster during the apple fruit expansion period to determine avulnerability index of flood disaster on apples.

Step 7.26: building the comprehensive risk index model of flood disasterusing the risk index of disaster-causing factor of flood disaster basedon the water profit and loss ratio, the sensitivity index ofdisaster-pregnant environment of flood disaster on apples, and thevulnerability index of flood disaster on apples.

In the above-mentioned technical solution, in the step 7.16, thecomprehensive risk index model of drought disaster may beDRI=DH*WH+(1.5−DS)*WS+DV*WV, where DRI denotes a comprehensive riskindex of drought disaster on apples, DH, DS, and DV respectively denotethe risk index of disaster-causing factor of drought disaster on apples,the sensitivity index of disaster-pregnant environment of droughtdisaster on apples, and a normalized value of vulnerability index ofdrought disaster on apples, and WH, WS and WV denote weights.

In the above-mentioned technical solution, in the step 8, acomprehensive risk index of drought disaster and a comprehensive riskindex of flood disaster may be first normalized respectively. Thenormalized comprehensive risk index of drought disaster and thenormalized comprehensive risk index of flood disaster may be addedtogether, and then standardized process may be performed according to anequation: correction coefficient=(index value-minimum indexvalue)/(maximum index value-minimum index value)×0.4+0.8, and theobtained correction coefficient may fluctuate between 0.8 and 1.2according to a level of drought and flood disaster risk. Corrected purepremium rate=correction coefficient×original pure premium rate.

The advantages and beneficial effects of the present disclosure are asfollows.

The present disclosure adopts an optimal curve relationship between anapple yield reduction rate and drought and flood indexes, and considerstwo disasters of drought and flood at the same time to determine theweather index threshold value under the threshold values of differentyield reduction rates, meanwhile, builds comprehensive risk index modelsof drought and flood disasters from a perspective such as risk ofdisaster-causing factor, sensitivity of disaster-pregnant environment,vulnerability of disaster-bearing body, etc. using terrain, rivers,vegetation, apple planting area, and the water profit and loss ratioobtained from the step 2, etc., and determines an insurance rateaccording to a level of disaster risk to obtain insurance rates andpremiums in different regions according to local conditions, therebyformulating a design scheme of insurance products suitable for localconditions, which has great advantages and can meet design requirementsof weather index insurance products compared with a traditionalsingle-disaster weather index insurance.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present disclosure is further illustrated in terms of exemplaryembodiments. These exemplary embodiments are described in detail withreference to the drawings. These embodiments are non-limiting exemplaryembodiments, in which like reference numerals represent similarstructures, and wherein:

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating changes of an actual yield per unit anda trend yield per unit of apples in Chengde City under different yieldfitting manners according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating changes of an apple yield reductionrate according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an optimal curve relationship between awater profit and loss rate and a yield reduction rate during an applefruit expansion period according to some embodiments of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 4 is a distribution diagram illustrating comprehensive riskassessment of a drought disaster according to some embodiments of thepresent disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a distribution diagram illustrating comprehensive riskassessment of a flood disaster according to some embodiments of thepresent disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a spatial distribution diagram illustrating insurance ratesfor flood and drought disasters during an apple fruit expansion periodaccording to some embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a spatial distribution diagram illustrating premiums for floodand drought disasters during an apple fruit expansion period accordingto some embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is an exemplary schematic diagram illustrating a sensitivityindex model of disaster-pregnant environment of drought disaster and afirst vulnerability index model of disaster-bearing body according tosome embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is an exemplary schematic diagram illustrating a sensitivityindex model of disaster-pregnant environment of flood disaster and asecond vulnerability index model of disaster-bearing body according tosome embodiments of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions related tothe embodiments of the present disclosure, a brief introduction of thedrawings referred to the description of the embodiments is providedbelow. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some examples orembodiments of the present disclosure. Those having ordinary skills inthe art, without further creative efforts, may apply the presentdisclosure to other similar scenarios according to these drawings.Unless obviously obtained from the context or the context illustratesotherwise, the same numeral in the drawings refers to the same structureor operation.

It should be understood that the “system,” “device,” “unit,” and/or“module” used herein are one method to distinguish different components,elements, parts, sections, or assemblies of different levels. However,if other words can achieve the same purpose, the words can be replacedby other expressions.

As used in the disclosure and the appended claims, the singular forms“a,” “an,” and “the” include plural referents unless the content clearlydictates otherwise; the plural forms may be intended to include singularforms as well. In general, the terms “comprise,” “comprises,” and/or“comprising,” “include,” “includes,” and/or “including,” merely promptto include steps and elements that have been clearly identified, andthese steps and elements do not constitute an exclusive listing. Themethods or devices may also include other steps or elements.

The flowcharts used in the present disclosure illustrate operations thatthe system implements according to the embodiment of the presentdisclosure. It should be understood that the foregoing or followingoperations may not necessarily be performed exactly in order. Instead,the operations may be processed in reverse order or simultaneously.Besides, one or more other operations may be added to these processes,or one or more operations may be removed from these processes.

In order to make those skilled in the art better understand thesolutions of the present disclosure, the technical solutions of thepresent disclosure are further described below with reference tospecific embodiments.

In some embodiments, a method for assessing comprehensive risk ofdrought and flood disasters on apples may include the followingoperations.

In step 1, trend yield simulation is carried out using historical appleyield data to calculate an apple yield reduction rate.

Actual apple yield may be decomposed into apple trend yield and applemeteorological yield, that is, Yd=Yt+Yw, and the apple meteorologicalyield may be the actual apple yield minus the apple trend yield, thatis, Yw=Yd−Yt, where Yd denotes the actual apple yield, Yt denotes theapple trend yield, and Yw denotes the apple meteorological yield. WhenYw>0, it means that the apple yield increases due to the weather. WhenYw=0, it means that the apple yield is not affected by the weatherfluctuation. When Yw<0, it means that the apple yield is reduced due tothe weather.

In the embodiment, a 7-year linear moving average manner may be used tosimulate the apple trend yield. A yield trend of an apple yield sequencein a certain period may be regarded as a straight line, and a continuouschange of the yield trend may be reflected in a continuous change of aposition of a trend line during a moving period. An equation of astraight line segment during each moving period may be: yi(t)=ai+bi(i=1,2, 3, . . . , N−k+1), where i denotes a sequence number of the straightline segment, k denotes a length of each moving period, which may begenerally 5, 7, 10, etc., N denotes a sample length, k<N, t denotes ayear number. When i=1, t=1, 2, . . . , k. When i=2, t=2, 3, . . . , k+1. . . . . When i=n−k+1, t=n−k+1, n−k+2, . . . , N. A function valueyi(t) of the equation at point t of the year number during each periodmay be first calculated, and then an average value of qt function valuesat the point t may be calculated, which also refers to the trend yield.An apple relative meteorological yield may be calculated using theactual apple yield and the apple trend yield, which also refer to anapple yield reduction rate,Ym=Yw/Yt×100%=(Yd−Yt)/Yt×100%=(Yd/Yt−1)×100%, where Ym denotes the appleyield reduction rate, which also refers to the apple relativemeteorological yield.

In step 2, a water profit and loss ratio during an apple fruit expansionperiod is calculated using historical weather data.

A calculation equation of the water profit and loss ratio may beWPLR=(P−ETc)/ETc, where WPLR denotes the water profit and loss ratio, Pdenotes precipitation (mm), and ETc denotes water demand (mm).ETc=Σ(Kc×ET₀), where Kc denotes a crop coefficient corrected using aminimum humidity method recommended by FAO56, and ET₀ denotes a cropreference evapotranspiration calculated according to a Penman-Monteithmodel.

In step 3, an optimal relationship curve model is established betweenthe apple yield reduction rate and the water profit and loss ratio.

In step 4, a weather index threshold is determined according to theoptimal relationship curve model. That is, it is assumed that there isan optimal water profit and loss ratio during an apple fruit expansionperiod and a growth period, so that the relative meteorological yieldmay be the highest (that is, the apple yield reduction rate may be equalto 0%). At this time, the optimal water profit and loss ratio may bedefined as the weather index threshold. If the water profit and lossratio is higher or lower than the weather index threshold, the relativemeteorological yield may decrease (that is, a yield reduction rate valuemay increase). The water profit and loss ratio during the apple fruitexpansion period under different yield reduction rates may be calculatedbased on the weather index threshold to obtain different drought andflood index values corresponding to the different apple yield reductionrates (the water profit and loss ratio may be defined as a flood indexvalue when the water profit and loss ratio is positive, and the waterprofit and loss ratio may be defined as a drought index value when thewater profit and loss ratio is negative). For example, assuming theapple reduction rate is respectively equal to −5%, −10%, and −15%, andthe drought and flood index values at different yield reduction ratesmay be calculated.

In step 5, risk estimated values corresponding to the different droughtand flood index values are calculated based on an information diffusiontheory, that is, occurrence probabilities of the different drought andflood index values.

In step 6, pure premium rates and actual insurance rates underthresholds of different yield reduction rate (e.g., −5%, −10%, and −15%)are calculated according to the different apple yield reduction ratesand the occurrence probabilities of the different drought and floodindex values.

A determination equation of the pure premium rate isR=E(loss)=Σ(P×loss), where R denotes the pure premium rate, loss denotesan apple yield loss, that is, the yield reduction rate, E(loss) denotesan expected value of the apple yield loss, and P denotes an occurrenceprobability of flood and drought disasters during the apple fruitexpansion period, which may be calculated through the step 5. Adetermination equation of the actual insurance rate may beRa=R×(1+Sf)×(1+Be)×(1+Sr), where Ra denotes the actual insurance rate,Sf denotes a safety factor, which is taken as 15%, Be denotes businessexpenses, which is taken as 20%, and Sr denotes a predetermined surrate,which is taken as 5%.

In step 7, a comprehensive risk index model of drought and flooddisasters is built based on risk of a disaster-causing factor,sensitivity of a disaster-pregnant environment, and vulnerability of thedisaster-bearing body using data of terrain, rivers, vegetation, appleplanting area, and the water profit and loss ratio obtained in the step2. The comprehensive risk index model of drought and flood disasters mayinclude a comprehensive risk index model of drought disaster and acomprehensive risk index model of flood disaster.

The comprehensive risk index model of drought disaster may be built byfollowing steps.

In step 7.11, the water profit and loss ratio is determined as a droughtdisaster index (a negative water profit and loss ratio), and the droughtdisaster index of apples is classified to obtain drought disaster indexvalues of different grades.

In the classification, combined with a national standard GB/T 32135-2015for regional drought grade classification, an agricultural droughtwarning grade standard GBT 34817-2017, and a national emergency responseplan for flood control and drought relief, a drought disaster situationof apples may be classified into four grades: a light drought, amoderate drought, a heavy drought, and an extreme drought based on apercentage of a crop drought-affected area to a total crop area(hereinafter referred to as a drought disaster rate). Specifically, whenthe grades are classified, a percentile manner may be used to classifythe drought disaster index grades (four grades) for the water profit andloss ratio of apples. By comparing the drought grade classificationbased on the water profit and loss ratio of apples with the droughtgrade classification based on a drought disaster rate, and combined withrecords of drought disasters on apples in “China MeteorologicalDisasters Encyclopedia” and “China Meteorological Disaster Yearbook,”the drought disaster index grades may be adjusted to obtain droughtdisaster indexes of different grades of apples.

In step 7.12, drought disaster occurrence probabilities corresponding tothe drought disaster index values of different grades are calculatedbased on the theory of information diffusion.

In step 7.13, a risk index model of disaster-causing factor of droughtdisaster on apples is built according to the drought disaster occurrenceprobabilities corresponding to the drought disaster index values ofdifferent grades and classification of grades of the drought disasterindex to determine a risk index of disaster-causing factor of droughtdisaster on apples. A size of the drought risk index of disaster-causingfactor may be expressed as a sum of products of the drought disasteroccurrence probability corresponding to the drought disaster indexvalues of different levels and class mid values of drought disasters ofdifferent levels. For example, the risk index model of disaster-causingfactor of drought disaster may be DH=Σ_(i=1) ⁴P_(i)×D_(i), where Pidenotes the drought disaster occurrence probability corresponding toeach drought disaster index in the i^(th) grade, Di denotes the classmid value of each drought disaster index value in the i^(th) grade, andi=4, representing 4 grades of the light drought, the moderate drought,the heavy drought, and the extreme drought.

In step 7.14, a sensitivity index model of disaster-pregnant environmentof drought disaster on apples is built using data of terrain, watersystem information, and vegetation of an apple planting region to obtaina sensitivity index of disaster-pregnant environment of drought disasteron apples. More descriptions regarding the sensitivity index model ofdisaster-pregnant environment of drought disaster may be found in FIG. 8and relevant descriptions thereof.

In step 7.15, a first vulnerability index model of disaster-bearing bodyis built using the apple planting area and an agricultural acreage tocarry out a disaster-bearing body vulnerability assessment of a droughtdisaster on apples to obtain a vulnerability index of drought disasteron apples. More descriptions regarding the first vulnerability indexmodel of disaster-bearing body may be found in FIG. 8 and relevantdescriptions thereof.

In step 7.16, the comprehensive risk index model of drought disaster onapples is built using the risk index of disaster-causing factor ofdrought disaster on apples, the sensitivity index of disaster-pregnantenvironment of drought disaster on apples, and the vulnerability indexof drought disaster on apples.

The risk index of disaster-causing factor of drought disaster, thesensitivity index of disaster-pregnant environment of drought disaster,and the vulnerability index of drought disaster are respectivelynormalized, and weights may be assigned to the normalized indexesrespectively. For example, according to an expert scoring manner,weights of 0.5, 0.3, and 0.2 may be respectively assigned to thenormalized indexes to build the comprehensive risk index model ofdrought disaster. The comprehensive risk index model of drought disastermay be DRI=DH*WH+(1.5−DS)*WS+DV*WV, where DRI denotes a comprehensiverisk index of drought disaster on apples, DH, DS, and DV respectivelydenote normalized values of the risk index of disaster-causing factor ofdrought disaster on apples, the sensitivity index of disaster-pregnantenvironment of drought disaster on apples, and the vulnerability indexof drought disaster on apples. The normalization manner may adopt

${u_{D} = {0.5 + {0.5x\frac{u - u_{\min}}{u_{\max - u_{\min}}}}}},$

where u_(D) denotes the normalized value of each index, u denotes anoriginal value of each index, u_(min) and u_(max) respectively denote aminimum value and a maximum value of each index, and WH, WS, and WVrespectively denote weights of each index.

The comprehensive risk index model of flood disaster may be built by thefollowing steps.

In step 7.21: the water profit and loss ratio is determined as a flooddisaster index (a positive water profit and loss ratio), and the appleflood disaster index is classified to obtain flood disaster index valuesof different grades during an apple fruit expansion period.

When the grades are classified, the water profit and loss ratioscorresponding to different percentiles may be calculated based on thepercentile manner. Through continuous iteration with ±1%, combined witha flood damage rate of apples in a target planting region and records ofrainstorm and flood disasters in “China Meteorological DisastersEncyclopedia” and “China Meteorological Disaster Yearbook,” according todifferent percentiles, the flood disaster indexes may be classified intofour grades: a light flood, a moderate flood, a heavy flood, and anextreme flood, that is, the water profit and loss ratio indexes may beclassified into four grades: a light flood, a moderate flood, a heavyflood, and an extreme flood.

In step 7.22, flood disaster occurrence frequencies corresponding to theflood disaster index values of different grades are calculated.

In step 7.23, a risk index model of disaster-causing factor of flooddisaster based on the water profit and loss ratio to determine a riskindex of disaster-causing factor of flood disaster based on the waterprofit and loss ratio is built according to the flood disasteroccurrence frequencies corresponding to the flood disaster index valuesof different grades and classification of grades of the flood disasterindex. A size of the risk index of disaster-causing factor may beexpressed as a sum of products of the flood disaster occurrencefrequencies corresponding to the flood disaster index values ofdifferent grades and class mid values of the flood disasters ofdifferent grades.

The risk index model of disaster-causing factor of flood disaster basedon the water profit and loss ratio may be DH=Σ_(i=1) ⁴P_(i)×D_(i), wherePi denotes the flood disaster occurrence frequency corresponding to eachflood disaster index in the grade, Di denotes the class mid value ofeach flood disaster index in the i^(th) grade, and i=4, representing 4grades of the light flood, the moderate flood, the heavy flood, and theextreme flood.

In step 7.24, a sensitivity index model of disaster-pregnant environmentof flood disaster during an apple fruit expansion period is built usingthe data of the terrain, the water system information, and thevegetation of the apple planting region, the water system information,and the vegetation data to determine a sensitivity index ofdisaster-pregnant environment of flood disaster on apples. Moredescriptions regarding the sensitivity index model of disaster-pregnantenvironment of flood disaster may be found in FIG. 9 and relevantdescriptions thereof.

In step 7.25, a second vulnerability index model of disaster-bearingbody is built using the apple planting area and the agricultural acreageto carry out a disaster-bearing body vulnerability assessment of a flooddisaster during the apple fruit expansion period to determine avulnerability index of flood disaster on apples. More descriptionsregarding the second vulnerability index model of disaster-bearing bodymay be found in FIG. 9 and relevant descriptions thereof.

In step 7.26, the comprehensive risk index model of flood disaster isbuilt using the risk index of disaster-causing factor of flood disasterbased on the water profit and loss ratio, the sensitivity index ofdisaster-pregnant environment of flood disaster on apples, and thevulnerability index of flood disaster on apples. The comprehensive riskindex model of flood disaster may be DRI1=DH1*WH+(1.5−DS)*WS+DV*WV,where DRI1 denotes a comprehensive risk index of flood disaster duringan apple fruit expansion period, DH1, DS, and DV respectively denotenormalized values of the risk index of disaster-causing factor of flooddisaster during an apple fruit expansion period, the sensitivity indexof disaster-pregnant environment of flood disaster during an apple fruitexpansion period, and the vulnerability index of flood disaster duringan apple fruit expansion period. The normalization manner may adopt

${u_{D} = {0.5 + {0.5x\frac{u - u_{\min}}{u_{\max - u_{\min}}}}}},$

where u_(D) denotes the normalized value of each index, u denotes anoriginal value of each index, u_(min) and u_(max) respectively denote aminimum value and a maximum value of each index, and WH, WS, and WVrespectively denote weights of each index.

In step 8, a correction coefficient is designed according to thecomprehensive risk index model of drought disaster and the comprehensiverisk index model of flood disaster to correct the pure premium rate inthe step 6.

A comprehensive risk index of drought disaster and a comprehensive riskindex of flood disaster may be first normalized respectively. Thenormalized comprehensive risk index of drought disaster and thenormalized comprehensive risk index of flood disaster may be addedtogether, then standardized processing may be performed according to anequation: correction coefficient=(index value-minimum indexvalue)/(maximum index value-minimum index value)×0.4+0.8. The obtainedcorrection coefficient may fluctuate between 0.8 and 1.2 according to alevel of drought and flood disaster risk. A corrected pure premiumrate=correction coefficient×original pure premium rate.

In step 9, an actual insurance rate and a premium are calculatedaccording to the pure premium rate of obtained in the step 8, thecalculation equation is Premium=insured amount×actual insurance rate.

In step 10, a compensation scheme is designed and a compensationpay-outs is calculated according to the compensation scheme.

In some embodiments, a specific verification is made by taking a methodfor designing a weather index insurance product for drought and flooddisasters during the apple fruit expansion period in Chengde City, HebeiProvince as an example.

In the embodiment, an apple yield in Chengde City is fitted by severalmanners, such as a 5-year moving average manner, a 7-year linear movingaverage manner, a quadratic curve manner, and a cubic curve manner toobtain apple trend yield. As shown in FIG. 1 , the trend yield obtainedby the 7-year linear moving average manner is the most consistent with achange trend of actual apple yield in Chengde City and the fittingeffect is the best (R²=0.979). Therefore, the 7-year linear movingaverage manner may be finally used to fit the apple trend yield.

The relative meteorological yield ym represents the apple yieldreduction rate, which is a relative value and comparable in space andtime. Ym represents a fluctuation range of the actual yield deviatingfrom the trend yield, which may better describe impact of meteorologicalfactors on the apple yield. The calculation equation of Ym may be:Ym=Yw/Yt×100%=(Yd−Yt)/Yt×100%=(Yd/Yt−1)×100%, where Ym denotes the appleyield reduction rate, which also refers to the apple relativemeteorological yield. It can be seen that when the actual yield is lessthan the trend yield, the yield reduction rate is negative, indicatingthat a meteorological disaster has occurred, resulting in a loss ofapple yield. The obtained apple yield reduction rate is shown in FIG. 2.

The water profit and loss ratio of apple fruit during the expansionperiod may be calculated using the calculation equation of the waterprofit and loss ratio: WPLR=(P−ETc)/ETc, where WPLR denotes the waterprofit and loss ratio, P denotes precipitation (mm), and ETc denoteswater demand (mm). ETc=Σ(Kc×ET₀), where Kc denotes a crop coefficientcorrected using a minimum humidity method recommended by FAO56, ET₀denotes a crop reference evapotranspiration calculated according to aPenman-Monteith model. The water profit and loss ratio during the applefruit expansion period in Chengde City is shown in Table 1.

TABLE 1 Water profit and loss ratio during the apple fruit expansionperiod in Chengde City Year 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000Water profit 0.02 0.33 0.35 0.47 0.43 −0.07 0.37 −0.19 −0.45 and lossratio Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Water profit0.52 −0.16 −0.48 −0.02 0.47 0.14 −0.06 0.06 −0.5 and loss ratio Year2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Water profit 0.09 0.21 0.140.12 0.15 −0.03 0.15 0.18 0.09 and loss ratio

The weather index threshold may be then determined using a relationshipbetween the apple yield reduction rate and the water profit and lossratio. It is assumed that there is an optimal water profit and lossratio during an apple fruit expansion period and a growth period, sothat the relative meteorological yield may be the highest. At this time,the optimal water profit and loss ratio may be defined as the weatherindex threshold. If the water profit and loss ratio is higher or lowerthan the weather index threshold, the relative meteorological yield maydecrease (that is, an absolute value of a yield reduction rate value mayincrease). That is, it is assumed that there is a one-dimensionalquadratic curve: y=ax²+bx+c(a<0), where y denotes the apple relativemeteorological yield, x denotes the water profit and loss ratio duringthe apple fruit expansion period, a and b denotes regressioncoefficients, and c denotes a regression constant. The above equationmay be transformed to:

${y = {{a\left( {x + \frac{b}{2a}} \right)}^{2} + \frac{{4ac} - b^{2}}{4a}}},$

when x=−b/2a, y is the largest, and

$y = {\frac{{4ac} - b^{2}}{4a} = {C - {\frac{b^{2}}{4a}.}}}$

Therefore, when y=−5%, −10%, and −15%, that is, when the yield reductionrate is respectively −5%, −10%, and −15%, the x value may be a waterprofit and loss ratio value when a corresponding yield reduction rateoccurs. According to the manner for determining the weather indexthreshold, the fitting result of the water profit and loss ratio duringthe apple fruit expansion period and the apple yield reduction rate isrelatively great, R²=0.1754, which has passed a significance test at alevel of 0.05. The fitting result shows that when the drought increasesor the flood increases, the apple yield decreases, which is in line withan actual situation as shown in FIG. 3 . It may be obtained from thecurve relationship between the water profit and loss rate during theapple fruit expansion period and the apple yield reduction rate thatwhen the water profit and loss rate is 0.02, the yield reduction rate isthe largest, which is 3.21%. The yield reduction rates of −5%, −10%, and−15% may be respectively brought into a quadratic curve equation of thewater profit and loss ratio and the yield reduction rate to obtaincorresponding water profit and loss ratio values as shown in Table 2.The water profit and loss ratio may be defined as a flood index valuewhen the water profit and loss ratio is positive. The water profit andloss ratio may be defined as a drought index value when the water profitand loss ratio is negative.

TABLE 2 Index values of drought and flood disasters during an applefruit expansion period corresponding to different yield reduction ratesYield reduction Drought index Flood index rate (%) value value −5 −0.3670.407 −10 −0.471 0.511 −15 −0.557 0.579 −20 −0.631 0.671

Then the occurrence probabilities corresponding to different drought andflood index values calculated based on the information diffusion theoryis shown in Table 3. According to the occurrence probability of floodand drought disasters and a size of apple yield loss, an insuranceproduct may be priced, that is, an insurance rate may be determined. Theweather index insurance rate may be determined by taking an average lossrate estimated by the weather index as the pure premium rate of cropinsurance: R=E(loss)=Σ(p×loss), where R denotes the pure premium rate,loss denotes an apple yield loss, that is, the yield reduction rate, E(loss) denotes an expected value of the apple yield loss, and P denotesan occurrence probability of flood and drought disasters during theapple fruit expansion period.

Assuming that a threshold value of the yield reduction rate is set to−5%, that is, when the apple yield reduction rate reaches −5% or less orwhen the water profit and loss ratio is greater than 0.407 or less than−0.367, an insurance company may be required to pay according to acontract. Based on the information diffusion theory, it is calculatedthat the occurrence probabilities of the water profit and loss ratioduring the apple fruit expansion period in Chengde City being less thanor equal to −0.367 and more than 0.407 are 6.0% and 19.4%. According tothe equation, the pure premium rate of the flood and drought disastersis 1.27% when the threshold value is −5%. In a same way, the purepremium rates of flood and drought disasters are respectively 1.22% and0.54% when the threshold values are −10% and −15%.

TABLE 3 Probabilities of drought and flood disasters and pure premiumrates corresponding to different threshold values Threshold Water profitand Probability (%) Pure premium value (%) loss ratio (Drought + Flood)rate (%) −5 CWD ≤ −0.367 or  6.0 + 19.4 1.27 CWD ≥ 0.407 −10 CWD ≤−0.471 or 3.1 + 9.1 1.22 CWD ≥ 0.511 −15 CWD ≤ −0.577 or 0.1 + 3.5 0.54CWD ≥ 0.597

An addition rate may need to be added to an actual insurance rate, thatis, Ra=R×(1+Sf)×(1+Be)×(1+Sr), where Ra denotes the actual insurancerate, Sf denotes a safety factor, which is taken as 15%, Be denotesbusiness expenses, which is taken as 20%, and Sr denotes a predeterminedsurrate, which is taken as 5%. The actual insurance rates at thresholdvalues of −5%, −10% and −15% are respectively 1.84%, 1.77% and 0.78%.Assuming that an insurance amount per mu of flood and drought disasterson apples is CNY 3,000, the premium is a product of the insurance amountand the insurance rate. That is, the premiums at threshold values of−5%, −10%, and −15% are respectively CNY 55.2, CNY 53.1, and CNY 23.4per mu.

The comprehensive risk index models of drought and flood disasters maybe built from a perspective such as risk of disaster-causing factor,sensitivity of disaster-pregnant environment, vulnerability index ofdisaster, etc. using terrain, rivers, vegetation, apple planting area,and water profit and loss ratio, etc. As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 ,according to spatial distribution of drought and flood disaster riskduring the apple fruit expansion period in Chengde City, it may be seenthat the spatial distribution of flood and drought disaster risk inChengde City varies in size. If a same insurance clause is applied tothe whole city, a relatively large basis risk may be caused. Therefore,a comprehensive risk index of drought disaster and a comprehensive riskindex of flood disaster may be first normalized respectively. Thenormalized comprehensive risk index of drought disaster and thenormalized comprehensive risk index of flood disaster may be addedtogether, and then standardized processing may be performed according toan equation. correction coefficient=(index value-minimum indexvalue)/(maximum index value-minimum index value)×0.4+0.8. The obtainedcorrection coefficient may fluctuate between 0.8 and 1.2 according to alevel of drought and flood disaster risk. A corrected pure premium ratemay be R′=k×r, where K denotes a correction coefficient, R denotes anoriginal pure premium rate. Then the actual insurance rate and premiumat different threshold values may be calculated. Assuming that aninsurance amount per mu of flood and drought disasters on apples is CNY3,000, the premium may be a product of the insurance amount and theinsurance rate. FIGS. 6 and 7 show spatial distribution of insurancerates and premiums for flood and drought disasters during the applefruit expansion period in Chengde City at different threshold values. Itmay be seen that for an region with relatively high disaster risk, theinsurance rate and the premium may also be relatively high. For anregion with relatively low disaster risk, the insurance rate and thepremium may also be relatively low. For example, the insurance rates andthe premiums in the southeastern of Chengde City are higher than thosein the northwest of Chengde city. Taking the threshold value of −5.0% asan example, the insurance rate in the northwestern of Chengde City isbasically between 1.47% and 1.64%, and the premium is between CNY 44.2and CNY 49.2 per mu. Most of the insurance rates in southeastern ofChengde City are above 1.65%. The insurance rates around Chengde Countyin Chengde City are the highest, ranging from 1.96 to 2.21, and thepremiums range from CNY 58.7 to CNY 66.2 per mu.

Calculation of a compensation pay-outs: when insured apples suffer fromdrought or flood damage during the apple fruit expansion period(June-August), an insurer may calculate a compensation as follows:

(1) All losses: when a loss rate of insured apples is more than 15%(exclusive), it may be regarded as a total loss, and the compensationmay be made according to the insurance amount per mu: compensationpay-outs (CNY)=insurance amount per unit area (CNY/mu)×loss area (mu).

(2) Partial loss: When the degree of the loss of the insured apple doesnot reach a threshold value, that is, when the yield reduction rate ismore than −5% or the yield reduction rate is more than −10%, nocompensation may be made. When the degree of the loss exceeds thethreshold value (inclusive), for example, when the yield reduction rateis less than or equal to −5% or the yield reduction rate is less than orequal to −10%, an excess part may be paid according to the insuranceamount and the degree of loss at a time of an accident: compensationpay-outs(CNY)=insurance amount per unit area (CNY/mu)×loss area(mu)×(loss degree−threshold value).

Taking the threshold value of −5.0% as an example, assuming that theinsurance amount of apples in Chengde City is 3,000 CNY/mu, according tothe above regulations, when the water profit and loss ratio during theapple fruit expansion period is between −0.367 and 0.407, that is, whenthe apple yield reduction rate is more than −5.0%, and a drought andflood condition has not reached the compensation level, an insurancecompany may be not required to pay to farmers. When the water profit andloss ratio during the apple fruit expansion period is less than or equalto −0.367 or more than or equal to 0.407, the insurance company may berequired to start to pay according to the loss of apples caused by thedegree of drought and flood disasters. If an apple yield of the localinsured apple orchard during the apple fruit expansion period in ChengdeCity is reduced by 10% due to drought or flood, that is, the waterprofit and loss ratio calculated according to the meteorologicalconditions is −0.471 or 0.511, an insurance company may calculate thecompensation pay-outs according to the plan (2). After calculation, theinsurance company may be required to pay insured farmers 1,500 CNY/mu.If an apple yield in the local insured apple orchard during the applefruit expansion period in Chengde City is reduced by more than 15% dueto drought or flood, that is, when the water profit and loss ratio is0.597, an insurance company may be required to pay insured farmers 3,000CNY/mu.

The present disclosure adopts the optimal curve relationship between theapple yield reduction rate and the drought and flood indexes, andconsiders the two disasters of drought and flood at the same time,provides a method for assessing comprehensive risk of drought and flooddisaster on apples, and determines the weather index threshold valueunder the threshold values of different yield reduction rates, at thesame time, determines the insurance rate according to the level ofdisaster risk, and obtains insurance rates and premiums in differentregions according to local conditions, thereby formulating a designscheme of insurance products suitable for local conditions, which hasgreat advantages and can meet design requirements of weather indexinsurance products compared with a traditional single-disaster weatherindex insurance.

FIG. 8 is an exemplary schematic diagram illustrating a sensitivityindex model of disaster-pregnant environment of drought disaster and afirst vulnerability index model of disaster-bearing body according tosome embodiments of the present disclosure.

In some embodiments, the sensitivity index model of disaster-pregnantenvironment of drought disaster 801 may be a machine learning model. Thesensitivity index model of disaster-pregnant environment of droughtdisaster 801 may be configured to predict a sensitivity index ofdisaster-pregnant environment of drought disaster on apples 850. Asshown in FIG. 8 , in some embodiments, the sensitivity index model ofdisaster-pregnant environment of drought disaster 801 may include anembedding model 820 and a first prediction model 840.

The sensitivity index of disaster-pregnant environment of droughtdisaster on apples 850 may be an index reflecting the environmentsensitivity of an apple planting region to a drought disaster. In someembodiments, the sensitivity index of disaster-pregnant environment ofdrought disaster on apples may be expressed in various forms, forexample, which may be expressed as a numerical value of 0-10. The largerthe value is, the greater the environment sensitivity of the appleplanting region to the drought disaster is. As another example, thesensitivity index of disaster-pregnant environment of drought disasteron apples may be expressed as level 1, level 2, insensitive, sensitive,etc. In some embodiments, the sensitivity index of disaster-pregnantenvironment of drought disaster on apples may be related togeomorphological information, river and lake information and informationof plant community covering the surface in the apple planting region.

In some embodiments, the geomorphological information of the appleplanting region may include a feature such as an elevation value, ageomorphological type, a soil type, and a land utilization rate. In someembodiments, the river and lake information of the apple planting regionmay include a feature such as a water network density, a length andwidth of a river channel, an average flow of a river channel, a lakecapacity, etc. In some embodiments, the information of plant communitycovering the surface in the apple planting region may include a featuresuch as a vegetation type, a vegetation growth state, a vegetationcoverage, etc. In some embodiments, the more appropriate thegeomorphology, the river and lake, and the plant community covering thesurface in the apple planting region are for planting apples, the lowerthe sensitivity index of disaster-pregnant environment of droughtdisaster on apples in the region is. For example, there may be 2 appleplanting regions A and B. The apple planting region A may have a flatterrain, abundant water resources, and high vegetation coverage, whilethe apple planting region B may have a rugged terrain, few waterresources, and low vegetation coverage. Therefore, the environmentsensitivity of A to the drought disaster may be lower than that of B.

The embedding model 820 may be configured to generate feature vectors830 based on an input. A processing process of the embedding layer maybe essentially a process of extracting depth information. In someembodiments, the embedding model 820 may include a first embedding layer820-1, a second embedding layer 820-2, and a third embedding layer820-3. In some embodiments, the embedding layer may include a machinelearning model, such as an Embedding layer.

The first embedding layer 820-1 may be configured to generate a terrainfeature vector 830-1 based on terrain information 810-1. The terraininformation may be relevant information of a geographic pattern of theapple planting region. The terrain feature vector may be a relevantfeature that reflects geomorphology of the apple planting region. Insome embodiments, the terrain feature vector obtained through the firstembedding layer may include features such as elevations of a pluralityof terrain sampling points in the apple planting region, and a standarddeviation of the plurality of elevations. For example, terrain featurevector {right arrow over (a)}=(6.3 m, 5.0 m, 5.5 m, 6.1 m, 0.512), whichmay represent the elevations of the four terrain sampling points of theapple planting region are respectively 6.3 m, 5.0 m, 5.5 m, and 6.1 m,and the standard deviation of the four elevations is 0.512.

The second embedding layer 820-2 may be configured to generate a watersystem feature vector 830-2 based on water system information 810-2. Thewater system information may be relevant information of all watersystems in the apple planting region. The water system feature vectormay reflect a relevant feature of a water network system composed ofvarious water bodies such as all rivers, lakes, etc. in the appleplanting region. In some embodiments, the water system feature vectorobtained through the second embedding layer may include a feature suchas a water network density, a length and width of a river channel, anaverage flow of a river channel, a lake capacity, etc. of the appleplanting region.

The third embedding layer 820-3 may be configured to generate avegetation feature vector 830-3 based on vegetation data 810-3. Thevegetation data may be relevant information of vegetation coverage inthe apple planting region. The vegetation feature vector may be arelevant feature of the plant community covering the surface in theapple planting region. In some embodiments, the vegetation featurevector obtained through the third embedding layer may include a featuresuch as a vegetation type, a vegetation growth state, a vegetationcoverage, etc.

The first prediction model 840 may be configured to predict thesensitivity index of disaster-pregnant environment of drought disasteron apples 850 based on the inputted feature vectors 830. The featurevectors 830 may include the terrain feature vector 830-1, the watersystem feature vector 830-2, and the vegetation feature vector 830-3. Insome embodiments, the first prediction model may be a machine learningmodel, such as a neural network model.

In some embodiments, a first vulnerability index model ofdisaster-bearing body 802 may be configured to predict a vulnerabilityindex of drought disaster on apples 870. In some embodiments, the firstvulnerability index model of disaster-bearing body may be a machinelearning model, such as a neural network model, a deep neural network,and a convolutional neural network, etc.

The vulnerability index of drought disaster on apples 870 may be anindex that reflects endurance of an apple planting region to a droughtdisaster. In some embodiments, the vulnerability index of droughtdisaster on apples may be expressed in various forms, for example, whichmay be expressed as a numerical value of 0-10. The larger the value is,the stronger the endurance of the apple planting region to the droughtdisaster is. As another example, the vulnerability index of droughtdisaster on apples may also be expressed as strong, medium, weaker, etc.In some embodiments, the vulnerability index of drought disaster onapples may be related to a planting area, a count of employees, adisaster relief mechanism of the apple planting region.

As shown in FIG. 8 , an input of the first vulnerability index model ofdisaster-bearing body 802 may include planting area information 860-1,employee population information 860-2, local disaster relief mechanisminformation 860-3.

The planting area information 860-1 may be relevant information thatreflects the apple planting area. In some embodiments, the planting areainformation may be determined based on the apple planting area and theagricultural acreage. For example, if a total agricultural acreage of anapple planting town in 2020 is 600,000 mu, including the apple plantingarea of 280,000 mu, the planting area information in the region mayinclude that apple planting area accounts for 47% of the totalagricultural acreage. In some embodiments, the planting area informationmay also include an annual income per unit planting area, etc.

The employee population information 860-2 may be relevant informationthat reflects an employee population of apple planting. In someembodiments, the employee population information may be determined basedon a count of employees of apple planting and a total population. Forexample, if the total population of an apple planting town in 2020 is712,000, and the count of employees of apple planting is 11,000, theemployee population information in the region may include that the countof employees of apple planting accounts for 1.54% of the totalpopulation. In some embodiments, the employee population information mayfurther include information such as an employee population density, alocal per capita employment income, etc.

The local disaster relief mechanism information 860-3 may be relevantinformation that reflects the apple planting region can enjoy reliefafter suffering from a disaster. In some embodiments, the local disasterrelief mechanism information may include a local agricultural disasterrelief provident fund and a special financial disaster relief fund. Insome embodiments, the information of the local disaster relief mechanismmay also include information such as an emergency relief system and anoperating mechanism of a natural disaster.

In some embodiments, the input of the first vulnerability index model ofdisaster-bearing body 802 may also include the feature vectors 830. Insome embodiments, the feature vectors 830 output by the embedding model820 may be designated as the input of the first vulnerability indexmodel of disaster-bearing body 802.

By designating the feature vector output by the embedding model as theinput of the first vulnerability index model of disaster-bearing body,the model may learn the endurance of the apple planting region to thedisaster from the features such as the geomorphology, the river andlake, and the plant community covering the surface in the apple plantingregion, which can make the model predict the vulnerability index ofdrought disaster on apples more accurate.

In some embodiments, the sensitivity index model of disaster-pregnantenvironment of drought disaster 801 and the first vulnerability indexmodel of disaster-bearing body 802 may be obtained based on jointtraining. For example, the sensitivity index model of disaster-pregnantenvironment of drought disaster and the first vulnerability index modelof disaster-bearing body may be trained based on a large number oflabeled training samples. The label may include a first label and asecond label. In some embodiments, the training samples may include aplurality of sets of historical relevant information data of the appleplanting region, and specifically include a plurality of sets ofhistorical terrain information, water system information, vegetationinformation, planting area information, employee population information,local disaster relief mechanism information of the apple plantingregion. The training samples may be obtained based on a statisticalyearbook of apple planting. The first label may be a sensitivity scoreof drought disaster-pregnant environment of the apple planting region.The second label may be an apple drought disaster vulnerability score ofthe apple planting region. In some embodiments, the first label and thesecond label may be obtained based on expert evaluation. In someembodiments, the second label may also be obtained based on a historicalactual drought disaster situation in the apple planting region. Forexample, a historical actual per capita loss affected by a droughtdisaster may be designated as the second label.

In some embodiments, the terrain information of the apple plantingregion in the training sample may be input into the first embeddinglayer of an initial sensitivity index model of disaster-pregnantenvironment of drought disaster, and the first embedding layer mayoutput the terrain feature vector. The water system information of theapple planting region in the training sample may be input into thesecond embedding layer of the initial sensitivity index model ofdisaster-pregnant environment of drought disaster, and the secondembedding layer may output the water system feature vector. Thevegetation data of the apple planting region in the training sample maybe input into the third embedding layer of the initial sensitivity indexmodel of disaster-pregnant environment of drought disaster, and thethird embedding layer may output the vegetation feature vector. Theobtained terrain feature vector, the obtained water system featurevector, and the obtained vegetation feature vector may be input into thefirst prediction model, and the sensitivity index of disaster-pregnantenvironment of drought disaster on apples may be output. A first lossterm may be established based on the outputted sensitivity index ofdisaster-pregnant environment of drought disaster on apples and thefirst label. The planting area information, the employee populationinformation, the local disaster relief mechanism information of theapple planting region in the training sample, the terrain featurevector, the water system feature vector, the vegetation feature vectoroutput from three embedding layers of the initial sensitivity indexmodel of disaster-pregnant environment of drought disaster may be inputinto an initial first vulnerability index model of disaster-bearingbody, and a second loss term may be established based on the outputtedsensitivity index of disaster-pregnant environment of drought disasteron apples and the second label. A loss function may be determined basedon the first loss term and the second loss term. Parameters of thesensitivity index model of disaster-pregnant environment of droughtdisaster and parameters of the first vulnerability index model ofdisaster-bearing body may be updated based on the loss function.Training may be performed in various manners, for example, a gradientdescent method. The trained sensitivity index model of disaster-pregnantenvironment of drought disaster 801 and the trained first vulnerabilityindex model of disaster-bearing body 802 may be obtained.

Since the feature vectors output by the embedding layers of thesensitivity index model of disaster-pregnant environment of droughtdisaster are the input of the first vulnerability index model ofdisaster-bearing body, the joint training of the sensitivity index modelof disaster-pregnant environment of drought disaster and the firstvulnerability index model of disaster-bearing body can save trainingcost and improve training efficiency.

Predicting the sensitivity index of disaster-pregnant environment ofdrought disaster on apples and the vulnerability index of droughtdisaster on apples in the apple planting region using the machinelearning model can achieve a better prediction result, which can furtherimprove accuracy of the comprehensive risk index model of droughtdisaster.

FIG. 9 is an exemplary schematic diagram illustrating a sensitivityindex model of disaster-pregnant environment of flood disaster and asecond vulnerability index model of disaster-bearing body according tosome embodiments of the present disclosure.

The sensitivity index model of disaster-pregnant environment of flooddisaster 901 may be configured to predict a sensitivity index ofdisaster-pregnant environment of flood disaster on apples 950. In someembodiments, the sensitivity index model of disaster-pregnantenvironment of flood disaster may be a machine learning model. As shownin FIG. 9 , the sensitivity index model of disaster-pregnant environmentof flood disaster 801 may include an embedding model 920 and a secondprediction model 940.

The sensitivity index of disaster-pregnant environment of flood disasteron apples 950 may be an index reflecting the environment sensitivity ofan apple planting region to a flood disaster. In some embodiments, thesensitivity index of disaster-pregnant environment of flood disaster onapples may be expressed in various forms, for example, which may beexpressed as a numerical value of 0-100%. The larger the value is, thegreater the environment sensitivity of the apple planting region to theflood disaster is. As another example, the sensitivity index ofdisaster-pregnant environment of flood disaster on apples may beexpressed as level 1, level 2, insensitive, sensitive, etc. In someembodiments, the sensitivity index of disaster-pregnant environment offlood disaster on apples may be related to geomorphological information,river and lake information, and information of plant community coveringthe surface in the apple planting region.

In some embodiments, the sensitivity index model of disaster-pregnantenvironment of drought disaster and the sensitivity index model ofdisaster-pregnant environment of flood disaster may share a sameembedding model, that is, the embedding model 920 and the embeddingmodel 820 may be a same model. Therefore, more descriptions regardingterrain information 910-1, water system information 910-2, vegetationdata 910-3, a first embedding layer 920-1, a second embedding layer920-2, and a third embedding layer 920-3, a terrain feature vector930-1, a water system feature vector 930-2, a vegetation feature vector930-3 may be found in FIG. 8 and relevant descriptions thereof.

The sensitivity index model of disaster-pregnant environment of droughtdisaster and the sensitivity index model of disaster-pregnantenvironment of flood disaster may share a same embedding model, on theone hand, which can save cost of training and improve efficiency, on theother hand, which can maintain consistency of the feature vectors in thetwo models, so that prediction of the models can be more accurate.

The second prediction model 940 may be configured to predict thesensitivity index of disaster-pregnant environment of flood disaster onapples 950 based on the input feature vectors 930. In some embodiments,the second prediction model may be a machine learning model, such as aneural network model.

A second vulnerability index model of disaster-bearing body 902 may beconfigured to predict a vulnerability index of flood disaster on apples970. In some embodiments, the second vulnerability index model ofdisaster-bearing body may be a machine learning model, such as a neuralnetwork model, a deep neural network, and a convolutional neuralnetwork, etc.

In some embodiments, the input features of the second vulnerabilityindex model of disaster-bearing body 902 may be the same as those of thefirst vulnerability index model of disaster-bearing body 802. Therefore,more descriptions regarding planting area information 860-1, employeepopulation information 860-2, local disaster relief mechanisminformation 860-3, feature vectors 930, the terrain feature vector930-1, the water system feature vector 930-2, the vegetation featurevector 930-3 may be found in FIG. 8 and relevant descriptions thereof.

The vulnerability index of flood disaster on apples 970 may be an indexthat reflects endurance of an apple planting region to a flood disaster.In some embodiments, the vulnerability index of flood disaster on applesmay be expressed in various forms, for example, which may be expressedas a numerical value of 0-10. The larger the value is, the stronger theendurance of the apple planting region to the flood disaster is. Asanother example, the vulnerability index of drought disaster on applesmay also be expressed as level 1, level 2, etc. In some embodiments, thevulnerability index of flood disaster on apples may be related to aplanting area, a count of employees, a disaster relief mechanism of theapple planting region.

As shown in FIG. 9 , an input of the second vulnerability index model ofdisaster-bearing body 902 may include planting area information 960-1,employee population information 960-2, local disaster relief mechanisminformation 960-3, and the feature vectors 930. The feature vector 930may include the terrain feature vector 930-1, the water system featurevector 930-2, and the vegetation feature vector 930-3. More descriptionsregarding the above content may be found in FIG. 8 and relevantdescriptions thereof.

In some embodiments, the sensitivity index model of disaster-pregnantenvironment of drought disaster 901 and the second vulnerability indexmodel of disaster-bearing body 902 may be obtained based on jointtraining. For example, the sensitivity index model of disaster-pregnantenvironment of flood disaster and the second vulnerability index modelof disaster-bearing body may be trained based on a large number oflabeled training samples. The label may include a third label and afourth label.

In some embodiments, the training samples may include a plurality ofsets of historical relevant information data of the apple plantingregion, and specifically include a plurality of sets of historicalterrain information, water system information, vegetation information,planting area information, employee population information, localdisaster relief mechanism information of the apple planting region. Thetraining samples may be obtained based on a statistical yearbook ofapple planting. The third label may be a sensitivity score of flooddisaster-pregnancy environment of the apple planting region. The fourthlabel may be an apple drought disaster vulnerability score of the appleplanting region. In some embodiments, the third label and the fourthlabel may be obtained based on expert evaluation. In some embodiments,the fourth label may also be obtained based on a historical actual flooddisaster situation in the apple planting region. For example, ahistorical actual per capita loss affected by a flood disaster may bedesignated as the fourth label.

In some embodiments, the terrain information of the apple plantingregion in the training sample may be input into the first embeddinglayer of an initial sensitivity index model of disaster-pregnantenvironment of flood disaster, and the first embedding layer may outputthe terrain feature vector. The water system information of the appleplanting region in the training sample may be input into the secondembedding layer of the initial sensitivity index model ofdisaster-pregnant environment of flood disaster, and the secondembedding layer may output the water system feature vector. Thevegetation data of the apple planting region in the training sample maybe input into the third embedding layer of the initial sensitivity indexmodel of disaster-pregnant environment of flood disaster, and the thirdembedding layer may output the vegetation feature vector. The obtainedterrain feature vector, the obtained water system feature vector, andthe obtained vegetation feature vector may be input into the secondprediction model, and the sensitivity index of disaster-pregnantenvironment of flood disaster on apples may be output. A third loss termmay be established based on the output sensitivity index ofdisaster-pregnant environment of flood disaster on apples and the thirdlabel. The planting area information, the employee populationinformation, the local disaster relief mechanism information of theapple planting region in the training sample, the terrain featurevector, the water system feature vector, the vegetation feature vectoroutput from the embedding model of the initial sensitivity index modelof disaster-pregnant environment of flood disaster may be input into aninitial second vulnerability index model of disaster-bearing body, and afourth loss term may be established based on the output sensitivityindex of disaster-pregnant environment of flood disaster on apples andthe fourth label. A loss function may be determined based on the thirdloss term and the fourth loss term. Parameters of the sensitivity indexmodel of disaster-pregnant environment of flood disaster and parametersof the second vulnerability index model of disaster-bearing body may beupdated based on the loss function. Training may be performed in variousmanners, for example, a gradient descent method. The trained sensitivityindex model of disaster-pregnant environment of flood disaster 901 andthe trained second vulnerability index model of disaster-bearing body902 may be obtained.

Since the feature vectors output by the embedding layers of thesensitivity index model of disaster-pregnant environment of flooddisaster are the input of the second vulnerability index model ofdisaster-bearing body, the joint training of the sensitivity index modelof disaster-pregnant environment of flood disaster and the secondvulnerability index model of disaster-bearing body can save trainingcost and improve training efficiency.

In some embodiments, the sensitivity index model of disaster-pregnantenvironment of drought disaster 801 and the first vulnerability indexmodel of disaster-bearing body 802, the sensitivity index model ofdisaster-pregnant environment of flood disaster 901 and the secondvulnerability index model of disaster-bearing body 902 may be jointlytrained. For example, the above four models may be trained based on alarge number of labeled training samples. The label may include a firstlabel, a second label, a third label, and a fourth label.

In some embodiments, the training samples may include a plurality ofsets of historical relevant information data of the apple plantingregion, and specifically include a plurality of sets of historicalterrain information, water system information, vegetation information,planting area information, employee population information, localdisaster relief mechanism information of the apple planting region. Thetraining samples may be obtained based on a statistical yearbook ofapple planting. The first label may be a sensitivity score of droughtdisaster-pregnancy environment of the apple planting region. The secondlabel may be an apple drought disaster vulnerability score of the appleplanting region. The third label may be a sensitivity score of flooddisaster-pregnancy environment of the apple planting region. The fourthlabel may be an apple flood disaster vulnerability score of the appleplanting region. In some embodiments, the first label, the second label,the third label, and the fourth label may be obtained based on expertevaluation. In some embodiments, the second label may also be obtainedbased on a historical actual drought disaster situation in the appleplanting region. For example, a historical actual per capita lossaffected by a drought disaster may be designated as the second label. Insome embodiments, the fourth label may also be obtained based on ahistorical actual flood disaster situation in the apple planting region.For example, a historical actual per capita loss affected by a flooddisaster may be designated as the fourth label.

In some embodiments, the terrain information of the apple plantingregion in the training sample may be input into the first embeddinglayer of an initial sensitivity index model of disaster-pregnantenvironment of drought disaster, and the first embedding layer mayoutput the terrain feature vector. The water system information of theapple planting region in the training sample may be input into thesecond embedding layer of the initial sensitivity index model ofdisaster-pregnant environment of drought disaster, and the secondembedding layer may output the water system feature vector. Thevegetation data of the apple planting region in the training sample maybe input into the third embedding layer of the initial sensitivity indexmodel of disaster-pregnant environment of drought disaster, and thethird embedding layer may output the vegetation feature vector. Theobtained terrain feature vector, the obtained water system featurevector, and the obtained vegetation feature vector may be input into thefirst prediction model, and the sensitivity index of disaster-pregnantenvironment of drought disaster on apples may be output. A first lossterm may be established based on the output sensitivity index ofdisaster-pregnant environment of drought disaster on apples and thefirst label. The planting area information, the employee populationinformation, the local disaster relief mechanism information in thetraining sample, the terrain feature vector, the water system featurevector, the vegetation feature vector output from embedding model of theinitial sensitivity index model of disaster-pregnant environment ofdrought disaster may be input into an initial first vulnerability indexmodel of disaster-bearing body, and a second loss term may beestablished based on the output sensitivity index of disaster-pregnantenvironment of drought disaster on apples and the second label.

The terrain feature vector, the water system feature vector, and thevegetation feature vector output by the embedding model of the initialsensitivity index model of disaster-pregnant environment of droughtdisaster may be input into the second prediction model of the initialsensitivity index model of disaster-pregnant environment of flooddisaster, and the sensitivity index of disaster-pregnant environment offlood disaster on apples may be output. A third loss term may beestablished based on the sensitivity index of disaster-pregnantenvironment of flood disaster on apples and the third label. Theplanting area information, the employee population information, thelocal disaster relief mechanism information in the training sample, theterrain feature vector, the water system feature vector, the vegetationfeature vector output from the embedding model may be input into aninitial second vulnerability index model of disaster-bearing body, and afourth loss term may be established based on the output sensitivityindex of disaster-pregnant environment of flood disaster on apples andthe fourth label.

A loss function may be determined based on the first loss term, thesecond loss term, the third loss term, and the fourth loss term.Parameters of the models may be updated based on the loss function.Training may be performed in various manners, for example, a gradientdescent method. The trained sensitivity index model of disaster-pregnantenvironment of drought disaster 801, the trained first vulnerabilityindex model of disaster-bearing body 802, the trained sensitivity indexmodel of disaster-pregnant environment of flood disaster 901, and thetrained second vulnerability index model of disaster-bearing body 902may be obtained.

In some embodiments, the loss function may include drought loss termsand a drought loss weight, flood loss terms and a flood loss weight. Thedrought loss terms may include the first loss term and the second lossterm. The flood loss terms may include the third loss term and thefourth loss term. In some embodiments, the drought loss weight and theflood loss weight may be related to drought and flood index values. Thedrought and flood index values may reflect severity of impact of droughtor flood disasters. For example, if the water profit and loss ratio isnegative, and the drought and flood index values reflect that the impactof drought is greater than that of flood, the drought loss weight may beset to be larger than the flood loss weight. Accordingly, if the waterprofit and loss ratio is positive, and the drought and flood indexvalues reflect that the impact of flood is greater than that of drought,the drought loss weight may be set to be smaller than the flood lossweight. More descriptions regarding the drought and flood index valuesmay be found elsewhere in the present disclosure.

By setting the drought loss weight and the flood loss weight in thejoint training process of the sensitivity index model ofdisaster-pregnant environment of drought disaster 801, the firstvulnerability index model of disaster-bearing body 802, the sensitivityindex model of disaster-pregnant environment of flood disaster 901, andthe second vulnerability index model of disaster-bearing body 902, itcan be realized that the model is more inclined to training a modelrelated to a drought disaster when the impact of drought is greater thanthat of flood, and the model is more inclined to training a modelrelated to a flood disaster when the impact of flood is greater thanthat of drought, so that the model can adapt to needs of realisticscenarios according to the severity of impact of drought or flooddisaster.

Predicting the sensitivity index of disaster-pregnant environment ofdrought disaster on apples and the vulnerability index of droughtdisaster on apples in the apple planting region using the machinelearning model can achieve a better prediction result, which can furtherimprove accuracy of the comprehensive risk index model of droughtdisaster.

Having thus described the basic concepts, it may be rather apparent tothose skilled in the art after reading this detailed disclosure that theforegoing detailed disclosure is intended to be presented by way ofexample only and is not limiting. Although not explicitly stated here,those skilled in the art may make various modifications, improvementsand amendments to the present disclosure. These alterations,improvements, and modifications are intended to be suggested by thisdisclosure, and are within the spirit and scope of the exemplaryembodiments of this disclosure.

Moreover, certain terminology has been used to describe embodiments ofthe present disclosure. For example, the terms “one embodiment,” “anembodiment,” and/or “some embodiments” mean that a particular feature,structure or characteristic described in connection with the embodimentis included in at least one embodiment of the present disclosure.Therefore, it is emphasized and should be appreciated that two or morereferences to “an embodiment” or “one embodiment” or “an alternativeembodiment” in various parts of this specification are not necessarilyall referring to the same embodiment. In addition, some features,structures, or features in the present disclosure of one or moreembodiments may be appropriately combined.

Furthermore, the recited order of processing elements or sequences, orthe use of numbers, letters, or other designations therefore, is notintended to limit the claimed processes and methods to any order exceptas may be specified in the claims. Although the above disclosurediscusses through various examples what is currently considered to be avariety of useful embodiments of the disclosure, it is to be understoodthat such detail is solely for that purpose, and that the appendedclaims are not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on thecontrary, are intended to cover modifications and equivalentarrangements that are within the spirit and scope of the disclosedembodiments. For example, although the implementation of variouscomponents described above may be embodied in a hardware device, it mayalso be implemented as a software only solution, e.g., an installationon an existing server or mobile device.

Similarly, it should be appreciated that in the foregoing description ofembodiments of the present disclosure, various features are sometimesgrouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or description thereoffor the purpose of streamlining the disclosure aiding in theunderstanding of one or more of the various embodiments. However, thisdisclosure does not mean that the present disclosure object requiresmore features than the features mentioned in the claims. Rather, claimedsubject matter may lie in less than all features of a single foregoingdisclosed embodiment.

In some embodiments, the numbers expressing quantities or propertiesused to describe and claim certain embodiments of the present disclosureare to be understood as being modified in some instances by the term“about,” “approximate,” or “substantially.” For example, “about,”“approximate,” or “substantially” may indicate ±20% variation of thevalue it describes, unless otherwise stated. Accordingly, in someembodiments, the numerical parameters set forth in the writtendescription and attached claims are approximations that may varydepending upon the desired properties sought to be obtained by aparticular embodiment. In some embodiments, the numerical parametersshould be construed in light of the number of reported significantdigits and by applying ordinary rounding techniques. Notwithstandingthat the numerical ranges and parameters setting forth the broad scopeof some embodiments of the present disclosure are approximations, thenumerical values set forth in the specific examples are reported asprecisely as practicable.

Each of the patents, patent applications, publications of patentapplications, and other material, such as articles, books,specifications, publications, documents, things, and/or the like,referenced herein is hereby incorporated herein by this reference in itsentirety for all purposes, excepting any prosecution file historyassociated with same, any of same that is inconsistent with or inconflict with the present document, or any of same that may have alimiting affect as to the broadest scope of the claims now or laterassociated with the present document. By way of example, should there beany inconsistency or conflict between the description, definition,and/or the use of a term associated with any of the incorporatedmaterial and that associated with the present document, the description,definition, and/or the use of the term in the present document shallprevail.

In closing, it is to be understood that the embodiments of the presentdisclosure disclosed herein are illustrative of the principles of theembodiments of the present disclosure. Other modifications that may beemployed may be within the scope of the present disclosure. Thus, by wayof example, but not of limitation, alternative configurations of theembodiments of the present disclosure may be utilized in accordance withthe teachings herein. Accordingly, embodiments of the present disclosureare not limited to that precisely as shown and described.

What is claimed is:
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A method for assessing comprehensive risk ofdrought and flood disasters on apples, comprising: Step 1: carrying outtrend yield simulation using historical apple yield data to calculate anapple yield reduction rate; Step 2: calculating a water profit and lossratio during an apple fruit expansion period using historical weatherdata; Step 3: establishing an optimal relationship curve model betweenthe apple yield reduction rate and the water profit and loss ratio; Step4: determining, according to the optimal relationship curve model, aweather index threshold, and calculating, based on the weather indexthreshold, the water profit and loss ratio under different apple yieldreduction rates to obtain different drought and flood index valuescorresponding to the different apple yield reduction rates; Step 5:calculating, based on an information diffusion theory, risk estimatedvalues corresponding to the different drought and flood index values,which refer to occurrence probabilities of the different drought andflood index values; Step 6: calculating, according to the differentapple yield reduction rates and the occurrence probabilities of thedifferent drought and flood index values, pure premium rates and actualinsurance rates under different thresholds of yield reduction rate; Step7: building, based on risk of a disaster-causing factor, sensitivity ofa disaster-pregnant environment, and vulnerability of a disaster-bearingbody, a comprehensive risk index model of drought and flood disastersusing data of terrain, rivers, vegetation, apple planting area, and thewater profit and loss ratio, wherein the comprehensive risk index modelof drought and flood disasters includes a comprehensive risk index modelof drought disaster and a comprehensive risk index model of flooddisaster, wherein the comprehensive risk index model of the droughtdisaster is built by steps including: Step 7.11: determining the waterprofit and loss ratio as a drought disaster index, and classifying thedrought disaster index of apples to obtain drought disaster index valuesof different grades; Step 7.12: calculating, based on the theory ofinformation diffusion, drought disaster occurrence probabilitiescorresponding to the drought disaster index values of different grades;Step 7.13: building, according to the drought disaster occurrenceprobabilities corresponding to the drought disaster index values ofdifferent grades and classification of grades of the drought disasterindex, a risk index model of disaster-causing factor of drought disasteron apples to determine a risk index of disaster-causing factor ofdrought disaster on apples, wherein a size of the risk index ofdisaster-causing factor of drought disaster is expressed as a sum ofproducts of the drought disaster occurrence probabilities correspondingto the drought disaster index values of different grades and class midvalues of drought disasters of different grades; Step 7.14: building asensitivity index model of disaster-pregnant environment of droughtdisaster on apples using the data of the terrain, water systeminformation, and the vegetation of an apple planting region to obtain asensitivity index of disaster-pregnant environment of drought disasteron apples; Step 7.15: building a first vulnerability index model ofdisaster-bearing body using an apple planting area and an agriculturalacreage to carry out a disaster-bearing body vulnerability assessment ofa drought disaster on apples to obtain a vulnerability index of droughtdisaster on apples; and Step 7.16: building the comprehensive risk indexmodel of drought disaster on apples using the risk index ofdisaster-causing factor of drought disaster on apples, the sensitivityindex of disaster-pregnant environment of drought disaster on apples,and the vulnerability index of drought disaster on apples; thecomprehensive risk index model of flood disaster is built by stepsincluding: Step 7.21: determining the water profit and loss ratio as aflood disaster index, and classifying the flood disaster index of applesto obtain flood disaster index values of different grades during theapple fruit expansion period; Step 7.22: calculating flood disasteroccurrence frequencies corresponding to the flood disaster index valuesof different grades; Step 7.23: building, according to the flooddisaster occurrence frequencies corresponding to the flood disasterindex values of different grades and classification of grades of theflood disaster index, a risk index model of disaster-causing factor offlood disaster based on the water profit and loss ratio to determine arisk index of disaster-causing factor of flood disaster based on thewater profit and loss ratio, wherein a size of the risk index ofdisaster-causing factor is expressed as a sum of products of the flooddisaster occurrence frequencies corresponding to the flood disasterindex values of different grades and class mid values of the flooddisasters of different grades; Step 7.24: building a sensitivity indexmodel of disaster-pregnant environment of flood disaster during theapple fruit expansion period using the data of the terrain, the watersystem information, and the vegetation of the apple planting region tocarry out a disaster-pregnant environment sensitivity assessment of aflood disaster on apples to determine a sensitivity index ofdisaster-pregnant environment of flood disaster on apples; Step 7.25:building a second vulnerability index model of disaster-bearing bodyusing the apple planting area and the agricultural acreage to carry outa disaster-bearing body vulnerability assessment of a flood disasterduring the apple fruit expansion period to determine a vulnerabilityindex of flood disaster on apples; and Step 7.26: building thecomprehensive risk index model of flood disaster using the risk index ofdisaster-causing factor of flood disaster based on the water profit andloss ratio, the sensitivity index of disaster-pregnant environment offlood disaster on apples, and the vulnerability index of flood disasteron apples; Step 8: designing, according to the comprehensive risk indexmodel of drought disaster and the comprehensive risk index model offlood disaster, a correction coefficient to correct the pure premiumrate; Step 9: calculating, according to the corrected pure premium rate,an actual insurance rate and a premium, wherein the premium is equal toa product of an insured amount and the actual insurance rate; and Step10: designing a compensation scheme and calculating a compensationpay-outs according to the compensation scheme.
 2. The method forassessing comprehensive risk of drought and flood disasters on apples ofclaim 1, wherein the historical apple yield data includes a historicalactual apple yield, the actual apple yield is decomposed into an appletrend yield and an apple meteorological yield, Yd=Yt+Yw, the applemeteorological yield is the actual apple yield minus the apple trendyield, Yw=Yd−Yt, where Yd denotes the actual apple yield, Yt denotes theapple trend yield, Yw denotes the apple meteorological yield, when Yw>0,it means that the apple yield increases due to the weather; when Yw=0,it means that the apple yield is not affected by the weatherfluctuation; when Yw<0, it means that the apple yield is reduced due tothe weather; and an apple relative meteorological yield is calculatedusing the actual apple yield and the apple trend yield, which alsorefers to an apple yield reduction rate,Ym=Yw/Yt×100%=(Yd−Yt)/Yt×100%=(Yd/Yt−1)×100%, where Ym denotes the appleyield reduction rate, which also refers to the apple relativemeteorological yield.
 3. The method for assessing comprehensive risk ofdrought and flood disasters on apples of claim 1, wherein in the step 2,a calculation equation of the water profit and loss ratio isWPLR=(P−ETc)/ETc, where WPLR denotes the water profit and loss ratio, Pdenotes precipitation (mm), ETc denotes water demand (mm),ETc=Σ(Kc×ET₀), Kc denotes a crop coefficient corrected using a minimumhumidity method recommended by FAO56, and ET₀ denotes a crop referenceevapotranspiration calculated according to a Penman-Monteith model. 4.The method for assessing comprehensive risk of drought and flooddisasters on apples of claim 1, wherein in the step 6, a determinationequation of the pure premium rate is R=E(loss)=Σ(P×loss), where Rdenotes the pure premium rate, loss denotes an apple yield loss, whichalso refer to the yield reduction rate, E(loss) denotes an expectedvalue of the apple yield loss, P denotes an occurrence probability offlood and drought disasters during the apple fruit expansion period,which is calculated through the step 5, and a determination equation ofthe actual insurance rate is Ra=R×(1+Sf)×(1+Be)×(1+Sr), where Ra denotesthe actual insurance rate, Sf denotes a safety factor, which is taken as15%, Be denotes business expenses, which is taken as 20%, and Sr denotesa predetermined surrate, which is taken as 5%.
 5. The method forassessing comprehensive risk of drought and flood disasters on apples ofclaim 1, wherein in the step 7.14, the sensitivity index model ofdisaster-pregnant environment of drought disaster of apples isDS=ELE*We+RIV*Wr+VEG*Wg, where DS denotes the sensitivity index ofdisaster-pregnant environment of drought disaster on apples, ELE, RIVand VEG respectively denote a combined value of elevation and elevationstandard deviation, a river network density value, and a normalizedvalue of a normalized vegetation index value, and We, Wr, and Wg denoteweights.
 6. The method for assessing comprehensive risk of drought andflood disasters on apples of claim 5, wherein in the step 7.15, thefirst vulnerability index model of disaster-bearing body isDV=PA/CA×100, where DV denotes the vulnerability index of droughtdisaster on apples, PA denotes the apple planting area, and CA denotesthe agricultural acreage.
 7. The method for assessing comprehensive riskof drought and flood disasters on apples of claim 6, wherein in the step7.16, the comprehensive risk index model of drought disaster isDRI=DH*WH+(1.5−DS)*WS+DV*WV, where DRI denotes a comprehensive riskindex of drought disaster on apples, DH, DS and DV respectively denotethe risk index of disaster-causing factor of drought disaster on apples,the sensitivity index of disaster-pregnant environment of droughtdisaster on apples, and a normalized value of the vulnerability index ofdrought disaster on apples, and WH, WS, and WV denote weights.
 8. Themethod for assessing comprehensive risk of drought and flood disasterson apples of claim 1, wherein in the step 8, a comprehensive risk indexof drought disaster and a comprehensive risk index of flood disaster arefirst normalized respectively, the normalized comprehensive risk indexof drought disaster and the normalized comprehensive risk index of flooddisaster are added together, then standardized process is performedaccording to an equation: correction coefficient=(index value-minimumindex value)/(maximum index value-minimum index value)×0.4+0.8, theobtained correction coefficient fluctuates between 0.8 and 1.2 accordingto a level of drought and flood disaster risk; and corrected purepremium rate=correction coefficient×original pure premium rate.
 9. Themethod for assessing comprehensive risk of drought and flood disasterson apples of claim 1, wherein the sensitivity index model ofdisaster-pregnant environment of drought disaster is a machine learningmodel, and the sensitivity index model of disaster-pregnant environmentof drought disaster includes an embedding model and a first predictionmodel, wherein the embedding model includes: a first embedding layerconfigured to determine a terrain feature vector based on terraininformation of the apple planting region; a second embedding layerconfigured to determine a water system feature vector based on the watersystem information; a third embedding layer configured to determine avegetation feature vector based on the vegetation data; and the firstpredictive model is configured to determine the sensitivity index ofdisaster-pregnant environment of drought disaster on apples based on theterrain feature vector, the water system feature vector, and thevegetation feature vector.
 10. The method for assessing comprehensiverisk of drought and flood disasters on apples of claim 9, wherein thefirst vulnerability index model of disaster-bearing body is a machinelearning model, and the first vulnerability index model ofdisaster-bearing body is further configured to determine thevulnerability index of drought disaster on apples based on planting areainformation, employee population information, local disaster reliefmechanism information, the terrain feature vector, the water systemfeature vector, and the vegetation feature vector; and the planting areainformation is determined based on the apple planting area and theagricultural acreage.
 11. The method for assessing comprehensive risk ofdrought and flood disasters on apples of claim 1, wherein thesensitivity index model of disaster-pregnant environment of flooddisaster is a machine learning model, and the sensitivity index model ofdisaster-pregnant environment of flood disaster includes an embeddingmodel and a second prediction model, wherein the embedding modelincludes: a first embedding layer configured to determine a terrainfeature vector based on terrain information of the apple plantingregion; a second embedding layer configured to determine a water systemfeature vector based on the water system information; a third embeddinglayer configured to determine a vegetation feature vector based on thevegetation data; and the second predictive model is configured todetermine the sensitivity index of disaster-pregnant environment offlood disaster on apples based on the terrain feature vector, the watersystem feature vector, and the vegetation feature vector.
 12. The methodfor assessing comprehensive risk of drought and flood disasters onapples of claim 11, wherein the second vulnerability index model ofdisaster-bearing body is a machine learning model, and the secondvulnerability index model of disaster-bearing body is further configuredto determine the disaster-bearing body vulnerability index of flooddisaster on apples based on planting area information, employeepopulation information, local disaster relief mechanism information, theterrain feature vector, the water system feature vector, and thevegetation feature vector; and the planting area information isdetermined based on the apple planting area and the agriculturalacreage.